British Columbia
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B.C. government to release business case for museum rebuildThe British Columbia government will lay out its case for building a new Royal B.C. Museum after the Opposition took aim at the initiative as a "billion-dollar vanity project."PoliticsMay 19
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B.C. restaurants call for looser foreign worker rules amid labour shortageThe BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association estimates the industry is currently short between 35,000 and 40,000 workers, about double the gap it was facing before the pandemic.EconomyMay 19
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Avian flu found in Fraser Valley commercial poultry flockAvian flu has been found in a commercial flock in the Fraser Valley, the same area where 80 per cent of British Columbia's poultry farms are located.EnvironmentMay 19
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Bird flu confirmed in 2 more B.C. small poultry flocks in Richmond, KelownaThe B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food said the H5N1 avian influenza virus was most recently detected in small poultry flocks in Richmond and Kelowna.ÂHealthMay 4
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Incident outside Surrey, B.C. mosque was not racially motivated, police sayPolice in B.C. say an episode involving a vehicle outside a mosque was not a racially-motivated hate crime.CrimeApr 30
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B.C. man in hospital on 24th day of hunger strike against old-growth loggingA group protesting old-growth logging in British Columbia says one of its members has been hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike.EnvironmentApr 24
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Falcon fights past, looks to future in byelectionA byelection that could put new British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon back in the province's legislature is a race about the past and future, say both the candidates and political experts.PoliticsApr 24
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B.C. First Nations to get $74M in gaming funds to offset pandemic lossesBritish Columbia First Nations that have been affected by the pandemic and last year's wildfires and flooding will receive $74 million in grant money to make up for the loss of shared gaming revenues, the province announced Thursday.PoliticsApr 21
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Rogers and Kootenay passes to get 15 cm of snowEnvironment Canada issued a special weather statement for Highway 3, from Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass, and Trans-Canada Highway, from Eagle Pass to Rogers Pass.WeatherApr 17
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Victoria to allow some affordable housing projects to skip public hearingsSome affordable housing projects in Victoria will now be able to skip rezonings or public hearings after city council unanimously passed a motion at a meeting Thursday.PoliticsApr 16
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